Carl E Schneider

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The Censor's Hand: The Misregulation of Human-Subject ResearchHardcover, 10 April 2015

The Censor's Hand: The Misregulation of Human-Subject Research
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Reading Age
Ages: 18
Grade Levels
13
Part of Series
Basic Bioethics
Print Length
296 pages
Language
English
Publisher
MIT Press
Date Published
10 Apr 2015
ISBN-10
0262028913
ISBN-13
9780262028912

Description

An argument that the system of boards that license human-subject research is so fundamentally misconceived that it inevitably does more harm than good.

Medical and social progress depend on research with human subjects. When that research is done in institutions getting federal money, it is regulated (often minutely) by federally required and supervised bureaucracies called "institutional review boards" (IRBs). Do--can--these IRBs do more harm than good? In The Censor's Hand, Schneider addresses this crucial but long-unasked question.

Schneider answers the question by consulting a critical but ignored experience--the law's learning about regulation--and by amassing empirical evidence that is scattered around many literatures. He concludes that IRBs were fundamentally misconceived. Their usefulness to human subjects is doubtful, but they clearly delay, distort, and deter research that can save people's lives, soothe their suffering, and enhance their welfare. IRBs demonstrably make decisions poorly. They cannot be expected to make decisions well, for they lack the expertise, ethical principles, legal rules, effective procedures, and accountability essential to good regulation. And IRBs are censors in the place censorship is most damaging--universities.

In sum, Schneider argues that IRBs are bad regulation that inescapably do more harm than good. They were an irreparable mistake that should be abandoned so that research can be conducted properly and regulated sensibly.

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 18
Author:
Carl E Schneider
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
10 April 2015
Dimensions:
23.11 x 15.75 x 2.03 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 13
Genre:
Medical/Medicine Aspects
ISBN-10:
0262028913
ISBN-13:
9780262028912
Language:
English
Location:
Cambridge
Pages:
296
Publisher:
Weight:
498.95 gm

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